retaliation

retaliation
Synonyms and related words:
alternation, amends, atonement, avengement, avenging, balancing, battledore and shuttlecock, blood feud, blow for blow, commutation, compensation, cooperation, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterblow, counterchange, cross fire, discipline, exchange, expiation, feud, getting even, give-and-take, indemnification, indemnity, interchange, intermutation, interplay, lex talionis, measure for measure, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, offsetting, permutation, punishment, quid pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, revanche, revanchism, revenge, satisfaction, something for something, substitution, sweet revenge, tit for tat, transposal, transposition, vendetta, vengeance

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Retaliation — Re*tal i*a tion, n. The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. [1913 Webster] God . . . takes what is done to others as done to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • retaliation — (n.) 1580s, from L.L. retaliare pay back in kind, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + L. talio exaction of payment in kind, from talis suchlike. Originally used both in good and evil senses …   Etymology dictionary

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